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Sofiane Feghouli admits that his West ham future is not entirely certain at the end of the season. The Algerian winger is desperate to put on another good display tomorrow against Leicester City but says he will hold talks with Slaven Bilic over his future at the end of the season. He was close to […]

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has vented his “unhappiness, frustration and anger” at the growing costs of the London Stadium, which he warned would have to be “subsidised for the foreseeable future. Khan has been quoted in the London Evening Standard as saying “My unhappiness, frustration and anger is that the cost associated with the […]

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Slaven Bilic’s job prospects may have been causing a few more frowns than usual this week but he can take another step towards securing his future tomorrow. The upturn in results has of course helped enormously but a mini slump needs to be correctted fast at the London Stadium tomorrow. Given how deep in the […]

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Enner Valencia has made his position clear that he would like to leave West Ham to stay at Everton which he calls a massive club. “I’m having a great time,” he told evertonfc.com. “They are a great group of lads and I’m at a massive club. I’ve struck lucky to be amongst some good teammates and […]

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So the uncertainty and dramas of another typically bizarre Hammers week comes to an end with Mark Noble going away for a holiday. Before getting into the thing in any sort of depth it has to be said that the guy needs it badly after being a near regular since the Europa Cup qualifiers. And […]

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Slaven Bilic has told Reading boss Jaap Stam he wishes he’d never sent the  Hammers most highly regarded prospect Reece Oxford to Reading. The Royals boss threw doubts over the Irons training ground methods by implication when claiming the teenager had been surprised by the intensity of the Championship club’s regime in that area. Bilic […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Mark Noble’s state of mind is as responsible for his absence from the game against Leicester City as his body. This was a situation first suggested  on ClaretandHugh that the manager may leave the captain out of the team following his comments about “some fans not understanding the game” after […]

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West Ham skipper mark Noble is out of Saturday’s game against Leicester City. The club has tonight announced that the captain is struggling with inhury and won’t make it against the Foxes. In the “From the Treatment Room” column Head of Medical and Sport Science Stijn Vandenbroucke says: “Injury-wise, we will be without Mark Noble […]

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Predictable Mark Lawrenson is back in the old routine – predicting a West Ham defeat. He has shown time and again that guessing outcomes to games isn’t really his forte yet the BBC continue to allow his dreary barely sourced predictions to bother their website. It’s become a habit to draw attention to this ageing […]

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Slaven Bilic has given Jaap Stam the perfect answer to his claim that Reece Oxford was “surprised at the intensity of training at Reading”  – a suggestion that it isn’t at Rush Green and Chadwell Heath. Stam made his claim in a press conference saying: “Reece Oxford has been surprised at the level of intensity […]

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Slaven Bilic is ready for the Foxes but knows full well they are a totally different team to the one we would have met a few weeks ago. And he makes his feeling quite clear on the turnaround which reached a peak when they got a great result against Sevilla this week declaring: “I don’t […]

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We have featured the sad story of Robbi ‘Bish’ Reardon on ClaretandHugh previously but Saturday March 25th represents the 26th year of his passing. We are featuring it a year on from the quarter of a century date because given the huge events of last season, as we said farewell to the Boleyn, his family believed […]

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Aaron Creswell may face the chop when the Hammers go into action against Leicester City on Saturday afternoon. The left back’s very average season hot the depths at Bournemouth at the weekend when he was widely panned for his worst performance since arriving at the club. Pundit Tony Gale was particularly scathing during a commentary […]

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Last night I sat down with Geo to discuss all the weeks happenings at West Ham with Slav’s future high on the agenda. We also spoke about ticket renewals, what we can expect from the remainder of the season, Mark Noble as well as answering questions from fellow hammers.

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Jonathan Calleri claims he would return to Argentina tomorrow given a chance. He was interviewed by the Argentine Radio show Perros De La Calle this week and spoke of how much he’d like to go back to Argentine to play at his former club. “I’d like to return to Boca tomorrow, since I arrived there, […]

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Slaven Bilic’s often unbending nature will be put to the test big time this weekend when he may feel forced to face up to a couple of major selection decisions. The Bournemouth match brought back all the pressure he has been living with through a difficult week with calls for Andre Ayew to be given […]

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Turkish football media claim that West Ham United have sent scouts to Istanbul ahead of tonights clash between Besiktas and Olympiakos. The report claims the Hammers have been keeping close tabs on the Turkey international Cenk Tosun in recent months. West Ham scouts will be monitoring the strikers progress tonight at the Vodafone Arena. However, […]

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Michail Antonio declared himself “ overwhelmed and I’m buzzing” after learning that he’d been called back into the Emngland squad. The Hammers top man declared: “It’s great for me and I just feel all the work I’m doing on the pitch is starting to get noticed. I’m buzzing and hopefully I can go and get […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed that be believes the decision by Leicester City to sack Claudio Ranieri remains a bad one. The Hammers manager made his comments as the Irons head for the weekend clash against the Foxes saying: “I said after they changed manager what I thought about it and still I don’t understand it. […]

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Slaven Bilic is in total agreement with co chairman David Sullivan’s brutal assessment of the performance against Bournemouth and is ready to put things straight on Saturday. Sullivan had made it clear that the manager and the squad had a lot of thinking to do after the defeat and Bilic admitted he was 100 per […]

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Michail Antonio has been called up to the England national squad for the third time ahead of the side’s fixtures against Germany and Lithuania. The midfielder has been in amazing form for the Irons all season and is the Club’s top scorer with nine goals. Antonio will be hoping to make his international debut for […]

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Andy Carroll has missed out on an international call up for the games against Germany and Lithuania It had been thought that Gareth Southgate was ready to hand him a recall given the shortage of strikers available to him currently. Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge and Wayne Rooney are all unavailable because of inury but the […]

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Italian media claim that Genoa star Diego Laxalt could move to West Ham this summer. The Uruguayan has long linked with a move to the Premier League and reports claim he is interested in joining the Hammers after they scouted him. TuttoMercatoWeb claim Genoa are willing to sell Laxalt in the Summer after turning down […]

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Daily Mirror man and friend of this site Darren Lewis, says West Ham have been alerted to in-form Sampdoria striker Luis Muriel. The 25-year-old Colombia international, who’s scored 10 goals and contributed nine assists in 28 games for the Italians this season, has a £24million release clause in his contract. His form has led to interest […]

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Premier League plans to clamp down on illegal football streams following a High Court action against UK internet providers is reminiscent of a similar battle fought and lost by the film and music industry. Both took on the internet pirates but despite their court battles ultimately illegal downloading of music was replaced by Itunes, Youtube […]

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